Campus Connection

Summer Stipend Recipients Announced

The Western Illinois
University Foundation and the WIU Office of Sponsored Projects has announced
the winners of the internal grant competition for Summer 2011. These 13
stipends, in the amount of $3,000 each, provide opportunities for faculty to
engage in projects leading to the professional advancement of the proposal
writer and the enhancement of WIU in the areas of teaching, research and
creative activity.

The recipients and their
respective departments are as follows:

Donna Aguiniga and Karen Zellmann, social work

Esteban Araya, physics

Victoria
Baramidze and Amy Ekanayake, mathematics

Lee Brice and Edward Woell, history

Jonathan Day, political science

Everett Hamner, Timothy Helwig and Amy
Patrick-Mossman, English and journalism

Jo-Ann Morgan, African American studies

Andrea Porras-Alfaro, biology

Melissa Stinnett, curriculum and instruction

While teaching, research and creative activities are
expected of every faculty member, the summer stipend is intended to allow
faculty to pursue projects well beyond those that can normally be pursued
during the academic year. Proposals are encouraged in a wide range of
categories including: research leading to publication; development of a significant
curriculum proposal; creation of work leading to a performance or exhibition;
mastery of a new instructional technique; and research required in preparing an
application to an external granting agency. For more information about the
stipend program, contact Lisa Krieg in the Office of Advancement and Public
Services at (309) 298-1808 or LL-Krieg@wiu.edu.